The Art of Cruelty

A Reckoning

Maggie Nelson (CalArts)

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English

WW Norton & Co
13 August 2012

Art & Architecture; Theory of art

Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath’s poetry to Francis Bacon’s paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono’s performance art, Nelson’s nuanced exploration across the artistic landscape ultimately offers a model of how one might balance strong ethical convictions with an equally strong appreciation for work that tests the limits of taste, taboo, and permissibility.

By: Maggie Nelson (CalArts)
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 239g
ISBN: 9780393343144
ISBN 10: 0393343146
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 13 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maggie Nelson is the author of several books of poetry, autobiography, and criticism. She teaches at CalArts and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews for The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

I hope that critics, and aspiring critics, and those who are interested in the relationship between art and ethics, read [The Art of Cruelty]. -- Susie Linfield - New Republic A lean-forward experience, and in its most transcendent moments, reading it can feel like having the best conversation of your life. -- Rachel Syme - NPR Books [Nelson's] critiques of individual artists are delightfully fierce without being mean spirited... Fascinating and bracingly intelligent...The Art of Cruelty's prose is often gorgeous. -- Troy Jollimore - Boston Globe An important and frequently surprising book... could be read as the foundation for a post-avant-garde aesthetics... Nelson, who is also a poet, is such a graceful writer that I...just sat back and enjoyed the show. -- Laura Kipnis - New York Times Book Review